Ham

Quick Reference


Storage	0°F +/- 10°F	Freezer
Thaw Temp	34°F – 41°F	Cooler
Thaw TIme	48 hours	Cooler

Holding Times


Freezer	6 months	0°F +/- 10°F
Thawed	30 days	34°F - 41°F
MPHC	30 minutes	150 - 160°F
Biscuit	20 minutes	Sandwich bin

Cooking Times

Cooking Time	3 minutes
Duty	1 ½ minutes
Cook More	27 minutes

Cooking Temperatures

AccuTemp Grill	325°F
All other Grills	350°F

☆ Q.A. standard: Ham should not feel slick to the touch. Ham should be pink in color, with no gray areas before cooking. Cooked ham should not be dry.

Tools Needed

Red perforated meat spatula
Red tongs
Biscuit splitter
Grill scraper
Warming pan for product holding cabinet
Lexan grate for warming pan
Solid lid for warming pan

Work Safe

Wash hands before starting to work and after handling anything that is not food related to prevent contamination and health hazards
Always wear single use gloves when preparing or handling ready to eat food. There should be no bare hand contact with ready to eat food.
Always wear Food-Mitt gloves when handling raw meat
Wash hands immediately after handling uncooked ham
Use caution when scraping grill after cooking ham to prevent burns
Ham must reach a minimum internal temperature of 145°F when cooking and maintain it for 15 seconds
Ham must be time and temperature controlled for safety (TCS). Once cooked, it should maintain a minimum temperature of 135 °F.
Never handle cooked ham with your hands, always use red tongs
Wash, rinse, and sanitize all utensils and surfaces that touch food every four hours or anytime they become contaminated

Receiving and Storage

Ham is delivered and stored at 0°F +/- 10°F
Thaw ham 48 hours prior to cooking. Once thawed, ham can be held for up to 30 days maintaining temperature of 34° - 41°
When ham is rotated from the walk-in freezer to the walk-in cooler, use a sharpie marker to mark the top of the case with the following information:
- Pulled by Date/Time: Date & Time that it is removed from the walk-in freezer
- Ready by Date/Time: Exactly 48 hours from the pulled by date & time
- Use By date/Time: 30 days from the pulled by date & time
Example:
- Pulled by date/time: 12-1-20 8:00 A.M.
- Ready by date/time: 12-3-20 8:00 A.M.
- Use by date/time: 12-30-20 8:00 A.M.

Preparing and Holding

Pour 1/2” of hot water from the hot water maker into the bottom of a warming pan, then place a Lexan grate into the pan
- THE HOT WATER SHOULD NEVER BE ALLOWED TO TOUCH THE PRODUCT
- EVERYTIME THE STORE QUALITY TIMER SOUNDS, CHECK THE AMOUNT OF WATER IN THE WARMING PAN. DO NOT LET THE PAN GO DRY. ADD ADDITIONAL HOT WATER AS NEEDED PREVENTING THE HOT WATER FROM TOUCHING THE PRODUCT
Always use two Food-Mitt gloves when handling raw meat
Place ham slices on the grill
Remove the Food-Mitt gloves by shaking them off your hands into a garbage can. Ensure you do not touch the gloves
Press the 3-minute cook timer
When the duty timer (turn) sounds after 1 ½ minutes, use the red perforated meat spatula to turn ham to the second side
When the final timer sounds, remove the ham from the grill
Bring the appropriate warming pan to the grill and place cooked ham slices in the warming pan
You can hold up to ten slices of cooked ham slices in one warming pan
Use a solid lid on the warming pan for ham slices
Ham can be held for up to 30 minutes in the product holding cabinet
Any ham remaining after the 30-minute holding time has expired must be discarded into the waste container
Scrape grill of ham residue
Ham biscuits may be held for up to 20 minutes in the sandwich holding bin

Serving

See Biscuit Sandwiches for more information

Ham Biscuit

Split biscuit in half with biscuit splitter
Using red tongs, place a slice of cooked ham on the heel of a split biscuit
Place crown on top of ham slice
Wrap the ham biscuit using the square wrapping procedures outlined in the “Sandwich Wrapping” section of the OPS manual

Side Order

Dine in – Place 2 slices of cooked ham on a lined 3 lb. food tray
- Place on a service tray with a plastic fork and knife
Dine out – Place 2 slices of cooked ham on a lined 3 lb. food tray
- Place in a 6-lb. bag with the logo facing up with fork and knife

Side Meat Choice on Deluxe Breakfast

See Breakfast Plates for more information

Dine in – Place 2 slices of cooked ham to the side of the scrambled eggs in the large section of a 3-compartment plate
Dine out – Place 2 slices of cooked ham to the side of the scrambled eggs in the large section of a 3-compartment container

Close of Breakfast

Serve all customers
Scrape the grill
Wash, rinse and sanitize warming pans, grates, and lids and allow to air dry
Wipe down surrounding surfaces with a towel and sanitizing solution